Imran Khan's nephews released on bail

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

LAHORE: The two nephews of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, who were arrested on Wednesday from Lahore's Race Course area after they allegedly hurled abuses at a traffic warden who stopped them for violating traffic rules, were released on bail on Thursday.

Earlier, it was reported that only Azeem was Imran Khan's nephew and Abdullah was his friend. However, it has now been confirmed that both are close relatives of Imran Khan.

Read: Imran Khan's nephew arrested in Lahore

The two were released on bail with a surety bond of Rs 50,000 each, as their lawyer claimed all sections are bailable offenses.

The lawyer further alleged that the accused were tortured while in police custody. A magistrate has ordered a medical examination to verify the claims.

The lawyer of Imran Khan's nephews claims his clients were tortured while in police custody. -DawnNews screengrab

The next date for the hearing of the case is July 16. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered under Section 147, 149, 506 and 353 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

Police earlier said the accused Azeem and Abdullah were stopped by traffic warden Shakeel Ahmed for violating traffic rules.

At this point, Azeem and Abdullah allegedly misbehaved with the police official who then brought the two men to Race Course Station where a case was registered against the two accused.

The case was registered against the two for "threatening to kill" and "obstructing the job" of a government official.

Meanwhile, talking to reporters on Thursday, Imran Khan's sister, Dr. Uzma, said she had filed a complaint against the alleged torture of her children in police custody. She said her boys were beaten with butts of guns during custody and the complaint was her effort to ensure that no one else's children face such treatment in future.

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Imran Gabol is a Lahore-based reporter for Dawn with over a decade of experience in journalism. He covers politics, climate change, human rights, education, and metropolitan affairs. He can be found on X at @gabolizm.

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asim

Jul 02, 2015 08:57pm

So even in Naya Pakistan mentality will remain unchaged

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Shaukat Ali

Jul 02, 2015 09:00pm

@asim Agreed Sir; mentality never changes.

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abdullah

Jul 02, 2015 09:04pm

its his nephews not even sons. they are teenagers and can make misakes. it in no way makes a difference to IKs credibility. and its pointless to debate before all the facts come out. you cant make assumptions just hearing one side of the story

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Owais Mangal

Jul 02, 2015 09:11pm

@asim So judgmental. This is the irony of the nation.

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Doc. Usman Ali

Jul 02, 2015 09:17pm

Expected behaviour from traffic wardens

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salma

Jul 02, 2015 09:42pm

utter shameful behavior of these two young men. They deserved it as they brought this upon themselves. Useless people!

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kamran

Jul 02, 2015 09:43pm

shame on these two!! hope this teaches them a lesson no one is above the Law!!

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John

Jul 02, 2015 09:53pm

@asim and @Kamran, Question for you guys would Bilwal or any of the shareef family every get stop for traffic viloation. Wait arent the roads always close while they travel to the rest of the civilians.

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M.Saeed

Jul 02, 2015 10:04pm

All are equal before law, except the more equal some !

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Rashid

Jul 02, 2015 10:16pm

One notices that Imran Khan made no effort to get his nephews released. In fact I would not be surprised if he rang the police and advised them to give the two of them a sound thrashing... which is quite evident on the photographs.

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M Jamal

Jul 02, 2015 10:18pm

Hope they will be polite to traffic warden next time and follow the law.They must admit if it was their mistake.

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Khattak

Jul 02, 2015 11:20pm

Arrest them for misbehaving with a traffic wardan or the police for that matter, but to have them tortured by the police in a police station that a criminal offence committed by the police, the police officers should be charge the head of the station should remove, the job of police officer is to arrest the offenders, court of law of the land will decide what punishment to apply,

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Gul

Jul 03, 2015 12:15am

My relative is influential, although I am an ordinary citizen but I am automatically above the law. That's the mind set of ours, it has always been like that in Pakistan. We cannot understand the importance of "rule of law", hence we are paying a price. Media is writing about Imran's nephews misbehaving with police, why should both of his nephews think differently, they are the aristocratic class. There is no reason for them to think rationally, they are above the law as they are not ordinary citizens. I am waiting for IK statement.

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Yaar Nawab

Jul 03, 2015 12:30am

@salma they shouldn't have violated the law and here you are saying it's good they were tortured - right !!!

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pacer

Jul 03, 2015 12:32am

Just imagine police had tourchered nawaz sharif's nephew hamza shahbaz. The entire police department would've been shaken. Good on Imran Khan to follow due course of law to redress the issue

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Yaar Nawab

Jul 03, 2015 12:34am

@Gul so Imran is responsible for deeds of all of his relatives ? Really !!!

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SMI

Jul 03, 2015 02:11am

Seems young guys were on mistake ! There should be no Leniency even they are nephew of PTI chief. I am overseas PTI supporter and expecting justify response from PTI chief on this incidence

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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan

Jul 03, 2015 02:23am

I see marks of torcher on these 2 young boys. LEAs has no right to torcher anyone. They should take the LEAs responsible to court. If the boys have done anything wrong punish them via court. I hope PTI supporters will feel the pain of urban sindh youth who face this kind of torcher by the hands of LEAs everyday.

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Saeed Masood

Jul 03, 2015 02:43am

The police should be trained very properly and also teach them how to behave with people even if they dealing with someone who is breaking the law..but if the policeman acts like a dictator then he must be corrected very strongly and taught lesson never to do it again.

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Talha

Jul 03, 2015 03:49am

Is torture allowed for a few bad words being said here and there? The answer is NO! Shame on Lahore police for torturing them. Clearly it is political victimization, the beating that is.

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Talha

Jul 03, 2015 04:26am

@salma You seem to be educated but your statement suggests otherwise. How can anyone deserve torture for a heated verbal exchange? Anyone can be stupid in the heat of the moment and do such silly things but in exchange for that physical torture in no way is justified. Gullus of Lahore Police were unleashed on the poor boys just because they are affiliated with IK. Shame on such mentality!

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fouzia shafiq

Jul 03, 2015 04:36am

Please just for a minute forget they're Imran Khan's nephews, 2 young kids were beaten brutally by Punjab police. Specially when we all know Punjab police is the worst in a country . they could be anyone's kids so stop blaming the kids .

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Raja farhat Abbas

Jul 03, 2015 04:53am

Never ever believe what the Police say !

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Muhammed

Jul 03, 2015 05:57am

from kids side - it was very wrong of them to threaten police officers - (which in my view they might have done) - at the same time- it was very serious thing for police to torture them. Torturing them is a serious crime as well - Each should be brought to justice and punishment MUST be served in each crime - be it Boys or Police

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shehzad

Jul 03, 2015 06:08am

If it was purana Pakistan, the police who arrested Imran Khan's nephews would have been beaten by Imran Khan's bodyguards. The mere fact that they were arrested, tortured like any normal Pakistanis (unfortunately) means they were not given preferential treatment. Similar to what happened with Nawaz Sharif's daughter with regards to the bakery house incident.

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mehran khan

Jul 03, 2015 06:15am

None can blame IK for the mischievies act committed by his nephews...

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Iqbal Malik

Jul 03, 2015 06:20am

Good job, Punjab police. Your act proved no one is above the law. You, police, should handle these politicians kids exactly same in the future.

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